Automobile-cradle.



J. H. NESBiTT.

AUTOMOBILE CRADLE. APPLICATION nun [ll-16.26; 191s.

1,23%,670, Patented July 3, 1917.

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5 o o o mwmtoz J: H A/ESBITT JAMES NESBITT, OF GLEVELAND, OHIO.

' .h'llllGlllUBILE-CJRAD'LE.

Specification of .hetters Eatent.

Patented July a, roar.

Application filed December 26, 1916. Serial No. 139,055.

P To all whom may concern:

it known that l, Janus ll. lineman, a citizen of the United States, residing at @leveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in. Prut'omobiledies, of which. the following is a specifiall. This invention. relates to automobile cradles or holders, adapted to be used for purpose of rotating an automobile to any desired position for repairing or adjusting M143 same, so as to avoid the necessity of crawling under the same, which is dangerous and inconvenient.

The apparatus comprises a skeleton-bar as or cylinder, providedwith tracks to receive automobile, and with clamps to hold the same in position therein, and the cylinder is mounted on rollers so that it can be turned to any desired extent, to-eXpose *the under parts of the automobile in a con is a side elevation of the device. bi

renient position for work thereon.

. the accompanying drawings Figure 1 2 is an end elevation. Fig. 3 is :1V section on the line of Fig. 2. Fig. 4; is a detail in section showing one of the supporting roll- The frame of the cradle consists of a number of rings of l iron indicated at 6, connected by braces '3. Three of these rings are shown and will ordinarily be suificient, one ring being located at each end and one at K the middle, thus producing a skeleton. cylinder or tubular cradle, of sufficient size to receive an automobile therein. The rings support a pair of channel iron rails 8, eX tending lengthwise in the cradle adapted to receive the wheels of the motor vehicle thereon. A Windlass 9 is supported at one end of the cradle, and may be used to pull the machine along the tracks 8, into the cradle.

To hold the machine in position in the cradle clamps are provided to engage the axles and the body of the automobile. Those for the axles consist of hooked rods 10 pivoted at 11 to the end rings, these rods being made in sections connected by turn-buckles 12, whereby after the hooks are engaged with the axles the rods can be tightened.

The side clamps may consist of rods 13, adjustable by turn-buckles 14c, and having heads 15 adapted'to be pressed against the sides of the vehicle body. These heads 15 are preferably padded to avoid marring the car.

The cradle thus constructed is rotatably mounted on a truck'consisting oftwo side frames 16 mounted on rollers 17 so that the whole apparatus can be moved about from place to place. TllG'SldB frames 16 are connected together by bars 18 at the ends, and mounted in these frames are rollers 19, in position to receive and support the ring frames 6, which rest thereon.- The cradle bemg thus supported on the rollers 19 can be turned to any desired position, for most convenient operation on the automobile held therein, and to hold the cradle in the desired position I provide a locking bolt 20 inserted through holes in the cross rods 18, and through any one of a series of holes 21' in the inner flange of the -T frame 6.

The manner of use of the device will be obvious from the foregoing description, and it will be appreciated that various chan es .nay be made in the details of the st ucti within the scope of the invention. lhe use of the apparatus will eliminate much of the danger and difficulty of obtaining access to the under parts of an automobile for the purpose of repairing or the like.

l What I claim asnew is l. A cradle for automobiles or the like, comprising I a hollow skeleton structure adapted to receive an automobile therein, and provided with clamps to hold the automobile in place, said structure being rotatably mounted, whereby it may be turned to desired positions and the clamps being adjustable to various positions on the inside of the structure to hold automobiles of vari ous types.

2-. A cradlefor automobiles or the like, comprising a hollow rotary structure having tracks therein to receive the automobile wheels, and clamps pivoted to the said structure at the inside thereof to hold. the automobile in place therein.

JAMES HENRY NESBITT.

Witnesses:

WILIJAM J. KEENEN, JOHN J. ENGLEHART. 

